P. O. Box 555 - Ketchum, Idaho
                                       
                                                                 Oct. 25th 1961

Gig sweetie - It must look to you as though I've been
stalling about sending you the extra "efectivo", but
It really isn't so.  I wanted to organise it so that it so that it 
could be paid by me as executrix out of Papa's estate
rather than out of my own account, and Alfred Rice was
making lawyer noises.  But now he has told me from Key 
West that the deal for the sale of the property there is 
about to be signed very soon and that it will mean that 
you will have an extra $300 a month for the next seven 
Years, which will be great, if it works out.  ( He also 
assures me that if you, Mouse and I - you and he, really -
decide later that you want to hang onto the property back.)  It 
sounds too good to be true, but personally I'd be happy 
to settle for less, just to get the burden of the upkeep 
of the place off our backs.  And, natch, it occurs to 
me that if you spend only $100 a month of your $300,
you'll have $8,400 for getting established in 31/2 years.

		Anyhow we'll know pretty soon if Rice 
is able to swing this deal.  If he isn't, I will get 
going without delay with the cheques from Papa's estate.

		Pheasant season opens Saturday and Val
and I are going down to Wendell with Chuck Atkinson for 
the blast-off.  She's polite but obviously unconvinced
when I make speeches about gun-handling, so I'll just hope
she hits only birds and that the other shooters keep 
their distance.  

		[ hand written ]
		Love - luck -
			Mary